S4 E7: Freedom Summer
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What's the Origin of the Black Panther?
In the wake of what would seem like a devastating electoral defeat at the convention, the snick leaders still don't cede the territory of the vote. And you know, all those things like protest and that deeper organizing inspires student struggles beyond the southern, southern movement,. You see it in groups like the students for democratic society, the northern student movement, et cetera. The lowns county organization is also the origin of the black panther symbol, because they choose that symbol, yes? But one thing i didn't know until, you me, just recently, thedemocratic party, the all white democratic party in alabama at the time, its symbol was a white rooster
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